Gary mayor backs plan to open Little Calumet for barge canal
City officials and engineers from six Illinois and Indiana municipalities surveyed lines and bridges for a proposed straightened Grand Calumet river project from the Indiana Harbor canal to Hegewisch. The plan seeks to deepen watercourses and improve pollution control by diverting more water from the Little Calumet and dredging to the state line for a potential barge canal, with Harvey a strong opponent.
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Illinois
Indiana
Grand Calumet River
Indiana Harbor Canal
Hegewisch
War Department
John Murphy
Hammond
Chicago
George Consoer
Calumet City
E. C. Wenger
Burnham
United States
Johnson
Gary
Harvey Chamber of Commerce
Walter Haines
Bruggeman
Little Calumet
Grand Calumet
Harvey
Indiana State Line
Kinney Grandson Dies After Pneumonia At 14 Months
The Pointer records the death of Thomas Robert Kinney Jr., 14 months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinney, who died Thursday night at St. Francis hospital Blue Island after an operation for an inguinal hernia followed by pneumonia. Funeral will be private. parents thank friends for sympathy.
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Pointer
Robert Kinney
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Robbery Suspect Captured After Riverdale Hold Up
Sunday morning Riverdale police nabbed Arthur Breault of Canal and Ashland in Blue Island after a robbery on 184th near Ashland. James Monahan identified him. Breault pled guilty before Judge Baumgartner and was bound over to the grand jury on two thousand five hundred dollars bond. Blue Island police plan charges for forging several checks. Breault remains jailed. A lost wire-haired terrier is offered a reward. Call Riverdale 429.
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Riverdale
184Th Street
Ashland
Emil Matz
John Needles
James Monahan
Arthur Breault
Canal
Ashland Avenue
Blue Island
Baumgartner
Large Mallard engine hauls long freight run in Illinois
The C. & E. I. tests a Mallard Compound engine with 16 drivers and 4 cylinders. It hauled 70 loads from Livan Danville to Doilen on its first trip, 125 empty cars on the return. Critics say rail length blocks towns and slows traffic. trains remain impractically long in Illinois. Also noted are local social updates and a livestock sale.
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Livan Danville
Doilen
Illinois
Dalton
Riverdale
Eleanor Baumgartner
Splitt
August Selline
Highlawn
Allen Shanks
Nettie Tunsman
John Pauls
Irma
Sheboygan
Wis
Thomson
Guernsey
Scott Durand
Lake Bluff
Ford Lake Inaha Opens Calumet River Barge Passage
The Ford barge Lake Inaha delivered 4000 tons of parts from Detroit to Ford's new dock west of Torrence avenue, the first cargo to reach up the Calumet River beyond the Torrence bridge. Captain O A Johnson piloted the barge from Detroit. tug Barrallon towed her. The 570 foot dock, built at a cost near 500000 dollars, features two railroad tracks and a 20 foot roadway for direct barge to rail or truck transfers. Ford views the harbor at Lake Calumet as key to regional industrial growth and future expansion.
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Calumet River
Great Lakes
Lake Calumet
Ford
Lake Inaha
Torrence Avenue
Detroit
The
Motor Company
Chicago
O. A. Johnson
Ford Company
Barrallton
Lake Michigan
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Tord
Legion Post 303 Sets November Meetings and Dance
Paul Goll Post No 303 schedules a regular meeting for Tuesday evening November 25 at the Dug Out inviting attendance and promising a large gathering. A banco party with prize drawings is set for Saturday November 22 at Riverdale village hall at 8 p m with tickets at 25 cents and all welcome.
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Paul Goll
Post
Banco
Riverdale
Grand Lodge Honors Doldale Lodge Visitors At Dalton Riverdale
The Grand Lodge of Illinois Independent Order of Odd Fellows to holds a special session at Lincoln Avenue School November 29 with Doldale Lodge of Dalton and Riverdale hosting. Program begins 2 pm, supper 5:30 pm at St Pauls auditorium, evening session at 7. All Oddfellows invited. business community praised for advertising support. next Pointer issue to carry full event details.
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Dolton
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Lincoln Avenue
Doldale Lodge of
Dalton and
Riverdale
St. Paul’s
Health Clinic Plans and Tuberculosis Testing in Dalton
The regular health clinic will be held Monday at 1 p m in the Dalton village hall. Dr. Novak will conduct a harmless test to detect incipient tuberculosis among children who are contacts. Seventeen attended the last clinic and interest is growing. Plans are underway for a toxin antitoxin clinic for babies and children up to five with local Board of Health support. The nurse commends shoe merchant Mr Brekm for helping provide shoes to needy citizens. Christmas seal news next week. Alta Itter RN.
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Dalton
Novak
Board of Health
Helping In Good Cause At Brehn Shoe Store
The Brehn Shoe store in the Dal ton Theatre Building will repair old shoes donated for poor children. Repaired shoes and others brought in will go to school nurse Miss Gooch and Public Health nurse Miss Itter for distribution to needy boys and girls. Nurses will collaborate with PTA groups and Legion Auxiliary as plans form a joint relief association.
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Brehn
Dalton Theatre
Gooch
Miss Itter
W. R. C. and
Legion Auxiliary
New Stoker Boy Coal Feed Adopted by Local Lumber Plant
Mr. Rollo president of Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co observes a new Stoker Boy automatic coal feed for boilers. Made by Pettigrew Foundry Co of Harvey, the device feeds coal into the furnace reducing smoke and waste. Engineer Al Miller notes easier shoveling and steady steam with lower grade coal.
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Rollo
Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co
Pettigrew Foundry Co
Harvey
al” Miller
Progress and Development in the True Law of the Race
A reflective quotation on progress as the true law guiding civilization and conquest, attributed to Simms, noting that stagnation invites barbarism.
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Simms
Local and Personal News of Dalton and Riverdale
Miss Linda Wassman and Miss Margaret Rademacher weekended in Milwaukee with the Bach chorus and attended the Concordia College gym dedication. Riverdale beauty business plans expand with a new upstairs parlor at 18700 Indiana for Riverdale and Dalton patrons. Indictments charged three youths in Riverdale rape case. Fire departments responded to a blaze at 147th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. Thanksgiving copy deadlines for The Pointer. Toddler Robbie Thul celebrated his second birthday with family. August Bowse, Riverdale trustee, improving after illness. Unknown-man body pulled from Calumet River near 134th Street. George Tuch Jr. to hold a turkey raffle November 21–25.
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Linda Wassman
Margaret Rademacher
Milwaukee
Bach Chorus
Concordia College
Riverdale
Pullman
Dalton
Engel
147Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Sylvester Reed
Gary
Ind
Inlaw
Ray Baumgartner
Robbie Thul
John Thul
John Messerschmidt
Anna Messerschmidt
Katherine
Ruth
Arthur
Milton
Esther
Arthur Messerschmidt
Renada
Elden
D. O’connel
Robt. Kaiser
Chas. Rudolph
Matilda
Billy Mason
Frank Stieman
James Hannighan
John McLaughlin
Calumet River
134Th Street
Kensington Police
New Riverdale School Site Wins Voters Bond Issue
In District 143 centered on Dalton Riverdale South Holland and Dixmoor over a thousand votes favored a new elementary school at 146th and La Salle. Voters approved bond plans and a site purchase despite split opinions on location near Ivanhoe subdivision and existing districts 148 and 133.
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Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Dixmoor
Thornton
Calumet
138Th Street
Illinois Central R. R
Bowen
Highlawn
Ivanhoe
Board of Education
la Salle Street
LaSalle Highlawn
Lincoln Avenue
Ivanhoe Wo mans Club Food Sale and Talk
The Ivanhoe Woman's Club held a food sale at the Branigar Building 144th and Stewart Avenue with members selling samples from their recipes. The top seller won a Wedgewood creamer and sugar, and on November 18 they heard Abram Mendenhall speak on the Romance of Time from C. D. Peacock's.
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Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Branigar
144Th and
Stewart Avenue
Abram Mendenhall
C. D. Peaecock
Club
Thanksgiving Dance at Riverdale Village Hall
Community events announce a Thanksgiving Dance by the Lowvale Pleasure Club on November 29, 1930 at Riverdale Village Hall. The Doreas Club hosts a pot luck supper and sale of fancy goods and Christmas gifts at Sandridge M E church basement on December 5 at 6 30 p m. The Tabernacle Guild plans a Christmas sale at St Marys hall on December 3 with lunch served.
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Lowvale Pleasure Club
Riverdale
Doreas Club
Sandridge M. E
Notice: Riverdale Village Hall Rent Past Due
Organizations using Riverdale village hall for meetings must pay hall rent now. Contact 282 Village Collector to settle outstanding charges and avoid further action.
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Riverdale Village Hall
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Little Calumet River
Thomas Robert Kinney, Jr
Call
Calumet Harbor
Legion News
Grand Lodge
Doldale Lodge
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co
R. J
Dick” Ton
Los Angeles
California
P. Schoon
Henry Gundaker
South Western Avenue
Chicago Heights
Supreme Recorder
Cook County
Harold Stanley
Washington Avenue
Mothers Club
Gustave Baumgartner
Norwood
Minn
H. Fruetel
George Tuch Jr
146Th and
LaSalle Streets
Ivanhoe News
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